Sustainability considerations for end-to-end drug delivery device solutions
In this article, Barbara Lead, Chief Executive Officer of Cambridge Pharma and Oval Medical Technologies, outlines the sustainability efforts undertaken by SMC Group associated companies, including facilitating the transition from hospital to at-home treatment and investment in greener facilities.
At the 2021 COP26 summit in Glasgow, further cuts to carbon dioxide emissions were agreed to accelerate action on climate change over the course of this decade. The aim is to keep the average global temperature increase to less than 1.5°C,
as recommended by scientists to prevent a climate catastrophe. Beyond legislative requirements, businesses must innovate and
act smartly to support this objective.
The SMC Group, comprised of Oval Medical Technologies, SMC Ltd and Cambridge Pharma, is mindful of this. SMC Group provides an end-to-end solution for sterile injection devices, including autoinjectors. This end-to-end solution includes customisation of the
appropriate device platform to meet the specific user requirements, component manufacture, filling of the primary drug container, and assembly and integration to produce the final device. In addition, process development from laboratory scale to clinical scale can be provided, as well as quality control and stability testing. Further process development, scale up and technology transfer to commercial quantities can be provided for product launches.